Bleeping Computer

Spam Botnet Tracked Down to Malicious PHP Script Found on 5,000 Hacked Sites

A malicious PHP script found on over 5,000 compromised websites has been fingered as the source of a large-scale spam campaign that has been silently redirecting users to web pages hosting diet and ...
SecurityWeek

New ‘SSHStalker’ Linux Botnet Uses Old Techniques

The SSHStalker Linux botnet has ensnared 7,000 systems, deploying various scanners and malware, an IRC bot, and multiple kernel exploits.
ZDNet

WordPress botnet deploys anti-adblocker script to make sure its spammy ads are profitable

The threat actor behind the internet's largest WordPress botnet is using an anti-adblocker script to make sure the ads they inject on hacked sites are showing up in users' browsers and generating a ...
Threat Post

Malicious PHP Script Infects 2,400 Websites in the Past Week

A botnet called Brain Food is pushing diet pills via infected WordPress and Joomla websites. A botnet dubbed Brain Food is giving webmasters indigestion with related attacks that push bogus diet pills ...
Threat Post

Hackers Prepping IOTroop Botnet with Exploits

Researchers warn that hackers have weaponized a vulnerability that could be used in an IOTroop (or Reaper) attack, bringing the likelihood of an attack one step closer. Hackers moved one step closer ...